Reproductive, maternal and child health services in the wake of COVID-19: insights from India

Abstract

The United Nations Development Programme has designated severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), or coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic as a ‘systematic human development crisis’.1 In the span of a few short months, this pandemic has upended and overrun healthcare systems in countries across the world.2,3 The worst afflicted have been lowand middle-income countries,4-6 which had already been straining hard to meet their population's health needs and achieve the targets outlined under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030.